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![End view of a carbon nanotube](thumbnails/s1.jpg) |
![Images of Carbon Nanotubes, in this case, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs)](thumbnails/s2.jpg) |
![Carbon nanotube and schematic of out-of-plane and in-plane bonds](thumbnails/s3.jpg) |
![Terminology used when a graphite sheet is rolled up in a particular direction relative to the regular array of carbon atoms](thumbnails/s4.jpg) |
![Three types of carbon nanotubes depend on the direction in which a graphite sheet is rolled up to form a cylindrical](thumbnails/s5.jpg) |
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End view of a carbon nanotube |
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Images of Carbon Nanotubes, in this case, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) |
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Carbon nanotube and schematic of out-of-plane and in-plane bonds |
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Terminology used when a graphite sheet is rolled up in a particular direction relative to the regular array of carbon atoms |
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Three types of carbon nanotubes depend on the direction in which a graphite sheet is rolled up to form a cylindrical "shell" |
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![Schematic diagram showing zigzag, armchair and chiral carbon nanotubes](thumbnails/s6.jpg) |
![Nonlinear equilibrium paths of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) under compression.](thumbnails/s7.jpg) |
![Deformed shapes of CNTs under compression (last increment).](thumbnails/s8.jpg) |
![Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) modeled as a thin shell](thumbnails/s9.jpg) |
![Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)](thumbnails/s10.jpg) |
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Schematic diagram showing zigzag, armchair and chiral carbon nanotubes |
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Nonlinear equilibrium paths of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) under compression. |
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Deformed shapes of CNTs under compression (last increment). |
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Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) modeled as a thin shell |
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Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) |
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![Bending and buckling (kinking) of a single-walled carbon nanotube](thumbnails/s11.jpg) |
![A multi-walled nanotube (MWNT)](thumbnails/s12.jpg) |
![Nanotube buckling and folding](thumbnails/s13.jpg) |
![Deformation of a long carbon nanotube](thumbnails/s14.jpg) |
![Bending and buckling of single-walled carbon nanotube](thumbnails/s15.jpg) |
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Bending and buckling (kinking) of a single-walled carbon nanotube |
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A multi-walled nanotube (MWNT) |
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Nanotube buckling and folding |
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Deformation of a long carbon nanotube |
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Bending and buckling of single-walled carbon nanotube |
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